Monthly Archives: March 2004
Novell to Drop Standalone NetWare
SALT LAKE CITY—While Novell remains completely committed to its flagship NetWare network operating system, that product will cease to exist as a standalone product...
HotBot Pushes Toolbar with Local-File Search
Terra Lycos HotBot search site on Monday launched a search toolbar that includes the ability to search local hard-drive content and to read RSS...
Symantec Unveils New Firewall Appliances
Symantec Corp. on Monday introduced three appliances that combine intrusion prevention and detection, content filtering and VPN functionality. The Symantec Gateway Security 320, 360...
Future of Biometrics Remains Uncertain
The FBI remains committed to fingerprints for biometric authentication, said Monte C. Strait, chief of the FBIs Criminal Justice Information Services Division. In contrast,...
Encryption: Building to Code
Data protection mandates in legislation like HIPAA and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act are making encryption more popular, but cryptography as a point solution is another...
Dell Pitches Storage Server for SMBs
Dell Inc. recently unveiled a network-attached storage (NAS) server aimed at helping SMBs manage their increasing volumes of data.The PowerVault 745N offers up to...
HP Toughens Up Portables
ATLANTA—Hewlett-Packard Co. is going rugged.
The company on Tuesday will introduce two ruggedized portable computers—the HP Rugged Notebook mr3600 and the HP Rugged Tablet tr3000—which...
Novell Opens Arms to Linux
SALT LAKE CITY—While Novell Inc. is embracing Linux with both arms, its not leaving its Novell NetWare customers behind, Novell CEO Jack Messman said...
Microsoft Introduces Major Great Plains Upgrade
ORLANDO, Fla.—Microsoft Corp. detailed its latest Great Plains release and talked about a development roadmap for the manufacturing and accounting Enterprise Resource Planning suite...
Motorola to Display Megapixel Camera Phone
ATLANTA—Motorola Inc. on Monday will introduce at the CTIA Wireless conference here its first megapixel camera phone. In addition to the still camera, the...